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7 tips for preparing your nonprofit for a move to new software

EveryAction

Update your database policies. Update your database policies based on your new software platform (your new vendor or implementation partner should be able to provide some guidance here,) and set aside time for initial and ongoing training. For example: Determine what data permissions/access they’ll need to do their jobs.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Definitely the e-newsletter; our first e-newsletter in 2008 resulted in hundreds of responses and donations, though we have seen some donation activity on Facebook through special source codes tied to campaigns.

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A Social Media Strategy for Scientific Research or Policy Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, I've been getting a question like that goes something like this, "All this social media stuff is great if you're fund raising or selling something or running a grassroots advocacy campaign, but what if you're focusing on carefully vetted scientific research or want to impact policy? Source: Compete Media Trends for 2008 .

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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. Security: Photographers might take photos with intent to do harm; for example, with plans to rob the museum or stalk another visitor.

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Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What surprised me though, was the share pair report out exercise, “What are the conversation starters about concerns that your organization needs to have to build a social media policy?&# I was surprised that most of the topics were tactical and how to questions. How has your agency addressed these issues in your social media policy?

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

Boards continue to adopt conflict-of-interest policies, whistleblower, and document-retention policies. In the past two years, The Fiesta Bowl has implemented many of these policies in order to increase and strengthen its governance. However, as the BoardSource report states: “having policies doesn’t guarantee strong governance.

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Care2 and NOAA Promote International Year of the Reef 2008 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

From the article : "For example, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency) partnered with Care2 ,an activist social network of over 8 million Americans, to promoteawareness of the deterioration of coral reefs. The idea was that thefederal agency would work with Care2 to build support for the International Year of the Reef 2008.